ROSS CREEK CO
BURGESS ROAD ROSS CREEK, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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ROSS CREEK CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
1930's: put down bores along Ross Creek and bottomed at 250 feet which showed good prospects at the north end of allotment 112; lease taken out over 1760 acres.
06.1937: company wound up after spending £31,224 1s 2d on a failed venture.Heritage Inventory Description
ROSS CREEK CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The shaft still contains some timber which indicates that there were three comparments. The intact mullock heap north of the shaft is 45m by 40m by 9m high. A 1.2m high by 5m wide finger of quartz wash runs south west from the south end of the mullock heap. A rivetted iron tank or boiler is lying on the north side of mullock heap, and two lengths of 0.15m diameter pipe are lying on or near the east side of the mullock heap. Three concrete machinery foundations within an area 12m by 7m, are located 25m south of the shaft. A very large dam is located further south of these foundations./nARTEFACTS: Rivetted iron tank/boiler, 4.6m by 1.75m diameter at flanged end and 1.6m diameter at the other. Two lengths of 0.15m diameter cast iron pipe.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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ROSS CREEK COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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